his father, not his uncle. Ibn Ḥibbān declared him trustworthy (7/412), and two others narrated from him.

Yaʿqūb is Ibn Kāsib. In sum, although these routes are not free of weakness, some of them reinforce others, as al-Sakhāwī stated in al-Maqāṣid al-Ḥasanah (1/433).

It remains to discuss the previously cited addition in the hadith of Anas: “that mosques be made into thoroughfares, and that sudden death become widespread.” As for its first part, it is corroborated by a report from Ibn Masʿūd, who said: “Among the signs of the Hour is that a man passes through the mosque without performing two rakʿahs.” ʿAbd al-Razzāq recorded it (1678) from Maʿmar, from Abū Isḥāq and others among the people of Kūfah, from him.

Ibn Abī Shaybah (1/339) and al-Ṭabarānī, in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (3/36/2), also recorded it from ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn al-Ḥakam, from Khārijah ibn al-Ṣalt al-Burjumī, from him, who said: “Among the approaching signs of the Hour—or among the signs of the Hour—is that mosques be made into thoroughfares.” By this route, al-Ḥākim recorded it (4/446) as a prophetic report; he also recorded a continuation of it and said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.”

I say: Al-Dhahabī objected to this on grounds devoid of substance; indeed, he confused this chain of transmission with another one preceding it. This report cannot be graded authentic, but only good, because ʿAbd al-Aʿlā—namely, Ibn al-Ḥakam—is mentioned by Ibn Abī Ḥātim (3/1/25) as having been narrated from by two trustworthy transmitters, without citing any narrator criticism or accreditation concerning him. Thus, he meets Ibn Ḥibbān’s criterion, so perhaps Ibn Ḥibbān included him in al-Thiqāt; this should be checked.

It is further strengthened by another route from Ibn Masʿūd, narrated by Manṣūr from Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd, who said: Ibn Masʿūd entered the mosque, and ʿAbd Allāh said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: